Emperor Norton
@ashleynaftule.bsky.social
Playwright. Associate Artistic Director at Space55 in downtown Phoenix. Freelance journalist. Next play "Selena and Judy Go Dancing" runs June 6-15 at Metro Arts.
Check out my radio play "Radio Free Europa":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQ23qB5-6c
Check out my radio play "Radio Free Europa":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbQ23qB5-6c
I know it's a trite observation to make at this point but it still continues to astound me that people are taking the health opinions of a man who looks like Emperor Palpatine's scrotum seriously
NEW: The FDA has removed a webpage warning about dangerous therapies claiming to treat autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under RFK Jr. to discredit long-established science.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social
Chlorine Dioxide, Raw Camel Milk: The FDA No Longer Warns Against These and Other Ineffective Autism Treatments
The FDA has taken down a webpage warning about therapies and products making “false claims” of treating autism. It’s part of a series of actions the agency has taken under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...
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February 18, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I know it's a trite observation to make at this point but it still continues to astound me that people are taking the health opinions of a man who looks like Emperor Palpatine's scrotum seriously
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mickey rourke as the motorcycle boy in rumble fish is the embodiment of You Smoke Too Tough. Your Swag Too Different. Your Bitch Is Too Bad, They'll Kill You
February 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
mickey rourke as the motorcycle boy in rumble fish is the embodiment of You Smoke Too Tough. Your Swag Too Different. Your Bitch Is Too Bad, They'll Kill You
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‘situationship’ as a concept annoys me because there’s no sex to it. the diction equivalent of a business handshake. whatever happened to just being a cornball and saying Lover? the scenario demands a cornball approach!
February 18, 2026 at 2:46 PM
‘situationship’ as a concept annoys me because there’s no sex to it. the diction equivalent of a business handshake. whatever happened to just being a cornball and saying Lover? the scenario demands a cornball approach!
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“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
February 18, 2026 at 12:59 PM
“Is there a technology the left is excited about?”
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
Yeah man, it’s called anything that can be useful and make my bills go down instead of a thing that can’t do anything without my help and doubles my electricity bill
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Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
February 18, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
February 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
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“why do you hate technology” as though “technology” were some discrete entity divorced entirely from the context of what it does and what it creates, rather than a category so broad as to constitute reality itself
February 18, 2026 at 1:47 PM
“why do you hate technology” as though “technology” were some discrete entity divorced entirely from the context of what it does and what it creates, rather than a category so broad as to constitute reality itself
Found out British people call baked potatoes "jacket potatoes" so now I'm going to call my baked taters "trenchcoat spuds" because I only eat them when I'm listening to the Sisters of Mercy
February 17, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Found out British people call baked potatoes "jacket potatoes" so now I'm going to call my baked taters "trenchcoat spuds" because I only eat them when I'm listening to the Sisters of Mercy
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I do t even know how to explain this, but I’m watching clips of early game of thrones with a Chinese voiceover and as Martell and the mountain fight, it just starts talking about how the mountain is taller than Yao Ming
February 17, 2026 at 7:09 AM
I do t even know how to explain this, but I’m watching clips of early game of thrones with a Chinese voiceover and as Martell and the mountain fight, it just starts talking about how the mountain is taller than Yao Ming
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 11:41 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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joyce is going after elon again
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
joyce is going after elon again
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And the hits just keep on coming: RIP Frederick Wiseman, another legend of American cinema
February 16, 2026 at 8:54 PM
And the hits just keep on coming: RIP Frederick Wiseman, another legend of American cinema
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A tiny bald kid being my hypeman would fix me
February 16, 2026 at 8:01 PM
A tiny bald kid being my hypeman would fix me
Very jazzed to be co-hosting a screening of one of my favorite films- "The Cassandra Cat"- tonight in downtown Phoenix. If you live in #dtphx and wanna see a beautiful, sublime, weird fairytale film about a magic cat driving an entire town crazy, come out to Overdue Vintage on Grand at 6pm.
February 16, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Very jazzed to be co-hosting a screening of one of my favorite films- "The Cassandra Cat"- tonight in downtown Phoenix. If you live in #dtphx and wanna see a beautiful, sublime, weird fairytale film about a magic cat driving an entire town crazy, come out to Overdue Vintage on Grand at 6pm.
Coop’s true hubris at the end of The Return isn’t trying to upend the cosmic order by saving Laura—it was being given The Perfect Life as Dougie (married to Naomi Watts, best bros with the chillest gangsters on Earth) and going “nah” to it all
February 16, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Coop’s true hubris at the end of The Return isn’t trying to upend the cosmic order by saving Laura—it was being given The Perfect Life as Dougie (married to Naomi Watts, best bros with the chillest gangsters on Earth) and going “nah” to it all
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*mötley crüe voice*:
February 15, 2026 at 8:35 AM
*mötley crüe voice*:
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medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday
Schumer on DHS reforms: "I believe Republicans will have no choice but to go along with us because it's so common sense"
February 15, 2026 at 2:51 PM
medical miracle: this 75 year old man was born yesterday
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Worth noting: literally any US born politician could get some of that Mamdani glow by siding with people over billionaires every single time.
Just love your neighbors more than money and fight for them relentlessly!
(And have years of coalition building and great communication skills, etc.)
Just love your neighbors more than money and fight for them relentlessly!
(And have years of coalition building and great communication skills, etc.)
If Mamdani was native born he would be the 2028 front runner right now, practicality be damned
February 14, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Worth noting: literally any US born politician could get some of that Mamdani glow by siding with people over billionaires every single time.
Just love your neighbors more than money and fight for them relentlessly!
(And have years of coalition building and great communication skills, etc.)
Just love your neighbors more than money and fight for them relentlessly!
(And have years of coalition building and great communication skills, etc.)
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Put it in the Louvre
February 14, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Put it in the Louvre
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american’s are too polarized these days. it used to be that everyone believed some people deserved some rights. now one side believes everyone should die painfully and the other thinks most people should get to live. i am paid $500000 a year for my insights
February 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
american’s are too polarized these days. it used to be that everyone believed some people deserved some rights. now one side believes everyone should die painfully and the other thinks most people should get to live. i am paid $500000 a year for my insights
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New response to any criticism of my podcasts just dropped
February 14, 2026 at 3:54 PM
New response to any criticism of my podcasts just dropped
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Can a LetterBoxd review win a Pulitzer?
February 14, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Can a LetterBoxd review win a Pulitzer?
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when they have me flying a bomber in Civil War Woke im painting this on the payload
February 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
when they have me flying a bomber in Civil War Woke im painting this on the payload